Less Than Jake will be headlining at the House of Blues in New Orleans on 12.10.09. This will be an all ages show. Doors open at 4:30. Tickets are $20 and $15.50. The concert is in support of their most recent release GNV Fla. An added bonus will be the a pre-show screening of Van’s Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration which is scheduled for release on DVD and CD in march. Also performing will be Cage and The Swellers. For more info call 504.310.4999 or click here.

Driven Productions, Inc. is proud to present the third annual X&Y Fest on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 from 2:00 – 11PM at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida. This is the premier music festival for Generations X&Y, featuring 10 bands – 5 Gen X and 5 Gen Y.

X&Y Fest 2010 will bring together 2 generations over 1 great day of music.

Bands: Visit www.xyfest.com now to submit to perform. Solo artists, duos and groups of all genres are encouraged to apply.

Why perform at X&Y Fest? Bands receive a chance at their share of $500 in prize money, are eligible to receive compensation, are presented well by a professional stage and sound situation, perform live on an art college campus for art-minded and open-minded students and receive space to sell merch.

The $500 in prize money will be split between the best Gen X band and the best Gen Y band at the festival. Winners will be partially determined by the crowd through votes taken at the festival. Votes placed by crowd members will influence the X&Y Fest staff’s final decision.

One criteria for being picked to perform is bands must be able to pre-sell 20 discount tickets to the festival. If they fall short of 20 pre-sold, however, they will not be required to pay for unsold tickets. A band should either be confident they can pre-sell 20 tickets or that they can purchase some or all of them themselves to give away (or sell) to fans, family and friends.

Compensation: Accepted artists will receive $5 for each ticket sold (over 20 tickets in total), whether by pre-sale or walk-up day-of. When a ticket is pre-sold or purchased day-of, the person purchasing the ticket will designate which band they are going to the festival to see perform, allowing that band to receive credit for the ticket purchase.

For more information, please read the FAQ section of the X&Y Fest 2010